Religions > Atheism > Indian Official Saves Baby Girls By Shaming Parents Who Consider Abortion
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"Sound of Trumpet" |
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04 Mar 2006 04:24:29 PM |
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Indian Official Saves Baby Girls By Shaming Parents Who Consider Abortion |
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Indian Official Saves Baby Girls By Shaming Parents Who Consider
Abortion
KHOTHRAN, Punjab, March 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com)
An Indian official's personal campaign to halt the disastrous
abortion rates of baby girls in the Punjab state has been successful.
Khrishan Kumar, deputy commissioner in the Nawan Shahar district of
Punjab state, began publicly shaming parents who aborted, or consider
aborting, baby girls for no other reason than their gender.
"What kind of society are we building?" said Mr. Kumar, reported the
Telegraph. "One without any girls? One where parents kill their own
child in the womb just because she's a girl?"
Ultrasounds for gender determination have been illegal in India since
1994, and gender abortion has been banned, but cultural preferences for
male children overrides the laws. The Punjab is suffering from a
drastic loss of female births-fewer than 600 girls are born for every
1,000 boys in the northern state. Normal ratios are 1,050 girls for
every 1,000 boys.
Mr. Kumar started a list of women who had obtained ultrasounds or were
known to be considering abortion, and then, along with a group of
volunteers, staged surprise visits and phone calls to deter them.
Public humiliation is a strong measure to embark on, but it is having
an effect.
In December 2004, the birth rate in Khothran had risen to the
equivalent of 787 girls for every 1,000 boys. By December 2005, the
number was at 897.
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| User: "Uncle Buck" |
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| Title: Re: Indian Official Saves Baby Girls By Shaming Parents Who Consider Abortion |
05 Mar 2006 09:02:43 AM |
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On 4 Mar 2006 14:24:29 -0800, "Sound of Trumpet" <soundoftrumpet@lycos.com>
wrote:
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Ultrasounds for gender determination have been illegal in India since
1994, and gender abortion has been banned, but cultural preferences for
male children overrides the laws.
Who would have thought? It's not the homosexuals trying to create a gay planet
after all, it's rabid religious fundamentalists who crave such a thing!
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L8r,
Uncle Buck
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| User: "Galileo" |
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| Title: Re: Indian Official Saves Baby Girls By Shaming Parents Who Consider Abortion |
04 Mar 2006 06:08:38 PM |
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Sound of Trumpet wrote:
Mr. Kumar started a list of women who had obtained ultrasounds or were
known to be considering abortion, and then, along with a group of
volunteers, staged surprise visits and phone calls to deter them.
Public humiliation is a strong measure to embark on, but it is having
an effect.
Oh, yes, let's trumpet government interference and harrassment.
Let them keep aborting female babies - this horrendous plan will
eventually make them breed themselves out of existence. Perfect
justice.
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